Yod, 1966
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Scope and Contents
This book is an example of the Kabbalistic period of Hirschman's work in which the poet combined Hebrew letters within his poetry. Yod is the letter Y and also means hand in Hebrew. The book was designed by Paul Vaughn and Pip Benveniste as a facsimile of Hirschman's manuscript. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1966
Creator
- Hirschman, Jack A., 1933-2021 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + pages (accordion, letterpress) (38 pages) in slipcase (cardboard)) ; 29 x 23.5 x 1.7 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
alpha shelf
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: London, England : Trigram Press. Signed by: Jack A. Hirschman (r.c.- colophon). Nationality of creator: American. General: 60 copies of 260 total copies. About 60 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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